Brush for cleaning chimneys



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A. OELSOHLEGER.

BRUSH FOR CLEANING GHIMNBYS.

N0. 303,880. Patented Aug. 19, 1884.

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NrTnD STATES a'rnur rtree@ ANTON OELSCHLEGER, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

BRUSH FOR CLEANING CHllVlNEYS.

L'QPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 303,880, dated August19, 1884.

Application led February L), 1884.

10 accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure l is a perspective view ofthe operativo portion ofthe device; Fig. 2, a cross-see tion, and Fig.1:3 a vertical section.

A serios of flexible metallic strips, A, each 15 one being usually aboutfive feet in length and sufficiently flexible to folloivin an ordinarilycrooked or tortuous flue, are provided, each strip being provided ateach end with a horizontally projecting pin, a, and a cor- The pins u,extend through the corresponding openings in the next strips A and somelittle distance beyond, as shown in the drawings. It will be seen,therefore, that Where the 25 strips overlap there are always one pin (textending fronr one strip through an opening in the next strip and onepin (t extending from the latter strip in the opposite direction throughan opening in the `former The overlapping portions of thestrips aretightly Wound with Wire, b, and the pins n, projecting beyond the Wire,prevent the strips from slipping. The strips being readil y put togetherand separated, as inany may 3 5 be used or as few as thelength of thechimney to he cleaned requires. The uppermost strip is furthermoreprovided with porforations c, in which are caught Wires IB.

These Wires B,

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which may be more or less in number, are each passed through one of theperforations c, and each end is heut once around an edge of the strip Ain opposite directions, so that the ends of each wire projectoppositely. As many Wires may be passed through each perforation asdesirefhand they are wound about equally around the opposite edges ofthe strip. The section in Fig. 2 is taken through one of theseperforations.

The advantages of niy'ivires B over whaleb0ne,loristles, and Wood ber inchimney-cleaning brushes are principally that the Wires B, Whilestarting the soot, do not clog the draft, so that the soot, instead ofbeing pulied down the chimney, is merely loosened, and the draft passingbetween the `Wires carries it up and out through the top of the chimney,and that the long sparsely -arranged wires penetrate readily everycorner of the due.

By arranging each Wire so that its ends project in opposite directions,any mass of soot pulling down one side ot' the Wire lifts the other sideor end, thus affecting the matter which may he on that side ofthe flue.

' Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The strips A, provided with the pins u. and corresponding perforations,said pins project ing beyond the surface of the next strip, and thestrips at their overlapping portions being Wound with the wire b,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

ANTON OELSCHLEGEB.

Vitnesses:

HENRY W. WILLIAMS, JOSEPH lsiiBaUeH.

